Monday, January 21, 2013

Alex Ackermann won the 2013 Longhorn Open down in Austin, Texas on the weekend. In the final of the Tier 5 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) event, Ackermann defeated Jansen Allen, 11-7, 11-7, 11-1, in a battle of #1 and #2 seeds, respectively.

Ackermann needed five games to escape the semi-finals against Patric Mascorro, winning 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-5. Allen had an easier time of it in the other semi, defeating veteran Richard Eisemann, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8.

Also of interest in the draw was Ladies Pro Racquetball Tour (LPRT) #1 Paola Longoria, who lost in the Round of 16 to Adam Ackermann in five games, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5.

The Ackermanns teamed up to win the Men's Open Doubles title by defeating Mascorro and Rusty Powell, 15-10, 15-8. They got to final with a semi-final win over George Bustos and Ivan Sanchez, 15-11, 15-12, while Powell and Mascorro beat Kevin Sendrey and Eisemann, 15-11, 10-15, 11-6.

Allen and Longoria teamed up to win the Mixed Open Doubles division. They defeated Kim Russell-Waselenchuk and Soly Kor in the final, 15-1, 15-6. In the semi-finals, Allen and Longoria beat Clint Mehta and Bernadette Zimmerman, 15-4, 15-6, and Russell-Waselenchuk and Kor defeated Linda Scales and Garrett Taylor, 15-11, 15-11.